The Speckled Band Vocabulary

someone who occupies a house or place, tenant

• pauper

• cunning

• aristocrat

• occupant

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

without mercy or pity

• hereditary

• writhe

• ruthless

• notorious

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

not obvious or easy to understand, mysterious

• subtle

• cunning

• bland

• homely

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

friendly, kind-hearted, nice

• amiable

• sinister

• ruthless

• pauper

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

sly, tricky, clever, crafty

• cunning

• notorious

• ruthless

• pauper

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

someone who is very poor

• sinister

• bland

• pauper

• homely

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

a pointed part of a roof, forming a triangle

• gable

• deduction

• occupant

• amiable

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

appearing to be evil, threatening evil

• subtle

• ruthless

• sinister

• writhe

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

famous in a bad way, known to be bad or evil

• notorious

• subtle

• aristocrat

• sinister

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

a guess made from facts or observations

• bland

• gable

• deduction

• ruthless

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1